Union Leader

Democrats and their love affair with prisons….

May 21, 2013

The Union Leader ran an article today about two felons who have apparently been doing random violent home invasions where the occupants are always beaten and sometimes raped and/or killed. So what is a Democrat’s solution in the comment section after the article? “This is what happens when your state government underfunds prisons….” Sheesh. I [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

NH GOP RINO’s, State Representative Stella Tremblay, and the Destructive Democrats….

May 10, 2013

High-level NH RINO’s (“Republicans In Name Only”) are at it again: Jennifer Horn, Gene Chandler, Steve Duprey, and Fergus Cullen are all in a tizzy over state Rep. Stella Tremblay’s recent thoughts on whether the Boston bombing might have elements of an “inside job.” In the Union Leader today, Cullen called Rep. Tremblay “delusional.” Well, [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Some thoughts on the Pindell / Cline / Douglas criticisms of the Honor Your Oath Rally – Part 1

April 25, 2013

I’m not even sure that James Pindell, Chuck Douglas, and Drew Cline were even at the same rally I was from reading their criticism (one at the WMUR site, two Union Leader Op-Eds)  – or even bothered to watched the videos that were up at several sites.  Each of them decided to tear the folks [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

This is so wasteful and stupid: Using police resources to benefit taxi cab companies.

April 9, 2013

The Manchester police dept. proudly announced a “sting operation” conducted last Friday to “nab 5 criminals.” The crimes? A few people gave rides to other people and got a few bucks in return. You can read the entire crime-busting story in the Union Leader HERE. Wow. Why is this waste of thousands of dollars of [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Gun Clubs and Membership Caps

March 26, 2013

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.  —George Eliot Yesterday, the Union Leader’s Paul Feely featured a story entitled, Busy gun clubs may have to cap membership. Scott Jenkins, President of the Chester Rod and Gun club had this to say… It’s [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me One Hundred Times….Call Me A Republican Senator

White Flag of Surrender March 10, 2013

The Sunday Union Leader has a staff editorial in which it comes to the defense of Senator Ayotte accepting and attending  an invite to dinner with Mr. Obama and a number of other ‘Ranking’ (see also Rank) GOP Senators. To suggest that there is no value in conveying that message to the President in person, [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Merrimack Gun Store Calls Obama Salesman Of The Year

March 3, 2013
Thumbnail image for Merrimack Gun Store Calls Obama Salesman Of The Year

It’s about twelve weeks since the Left took unholy advantage of the Newtown tragedy, with hyperbolic gun control rhetoric. It’s about 6 weeks since “

Read the full article →

“Free Staters told to set clock for 2015″

February 24, 2013

There’s a fascinating story in today’s Union Leader about the Liberty Forum just put on by the Free State Project in Nashua this weekend. It seems that the current President of the Free State Project, Carla Gierke, fully expects that New Hampshire will be welcoming 20,000 liberty activists by 2018 at the latest. (Come and join [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Some Anti-Gun Arguments Are So Lame…

February 11, 2013

There’s a great “Your Turn” editorial in the Union Leader, written by Brandon Harvey of Danbury.   His primary point is that some of the arguments being made in favor of restricting second amendment rights are so lame (as in unable to stand on their own), they have to be addressed, and he does a [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

The Union Leader on Democrat Rep. Cynthia Chase: “Dictatorial impulses.”

January 13, 2013

They can say that again. Democrat Rep Cynthia Chase told us recently that the “Free Staters are the single biggest threat the state is facing today.” Her solution? Pass laws…

Read the full article →

Not Exactly William Loeb III’s N.H. Union Leader Anymore

January 10, 2013

“I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.” —Leon Jaworski In life change is inevitable. Sometimes change is good. Other times, change is not so good. Then there are times where change is merely a change that we might individually do not care much for. The New Hampshire Union Leader, once a reliably conservative [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

This is what the prejudice and bigotry of a Democrat State Rep. can lead to:

January 5, 2013

A possible threat to incite violence against an unfavored minority. Here’s the story:   Democrat State Rep. Cynthia Chase of Keene has recently displayed an alarming attitude of bigotry and prejudice against libertarians and conservatives who make up the Free State Project movement. Her comments have gone viral, and are being reported today in the [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

“Those dangerous Freestaters!”

December 21, 2012

Here’s an interesting little hit-piece from the online Union Leader about “all those dangerous Freestaters!” And how “they’re messing up traditional values!” As is often the case, the comments after the story are more enlightening than the story itself. You can read the whole article and comments HERE.

Read the full article →

Talk About Having No Idea What A Conservative Is… (Updated Again & Bumped)

December 3, 2012

John B. Heroux is reported to be a resident of Bedford, New Hampshire, and a chronic contributor to the Union Leader Editorial page (if Google can be trusted), but he has absolutely no idea what a conservative is.  In his recent “Your Turn” contribution to the public discourse (Union Leader) he starts with this: The [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

What About Bob?

August 2, 2012

“The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.”   —Mark Shields Robert M. Tarr. Were it not for bad luck, he would have no luck at all.  As the Union Leader’s Mark Hayward pointed out in his Union Leader hatchet job on Bob Tarr,  he and his wife Pauline came to the Queen [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

How is the NH Union Leader Like FEMA…?

July 3, 2012

How is the Union Leader Like FEMA…?   Slow to respond and not very satisfying results.  (Ok, maybe they are not that bad, just maybe this once.) Five days ago the Union Leader reported that Salem NH House Rep. Marilinda Garcia was against the veto override of HB 1679- the partial birth abortion ban bill.  They [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Hide and Go Seek

May 23, 2012

The editorial in this morning’s Union Leader visits two problems we’ve had in spades around here of late.  A public body unwilling to part with public information and School superintendents. What’s worse than a public body denying access to an investigator’s report that was paid for with taxpayer money? Hiring a lawyer to fight the [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

So what did Union Leader’s Ted Seifer wish to accomplish with this line?

May 22, 2012

Filling a vacancy on any Supreme Court–be it the US Supremes or the NH Supremes–is a big deal, so it is no surprise that people are talking and reporting on it (as we have here, here, and here).  So did the Union Leader;  Ted Seifer interviewed Tim, asking him about the NHLRF‘s position on Gov. [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Yawn – Mainstream Media Reporter(s) lazily gets it wrong

May 9, 2012

Updated and bumped:  Well, another loyal reader caught another Union Leader reporter, Paul Feely, making the same lazy mistake (emphasis mine): The video shows what appears to be New Hampshire election officials handing ballots to unidentified men, who videotaped the exchanges with hidden cameras at polls in Manchester and Nashua. Plural: ballots, men.  I watched [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

God Bless Joe McQuaid and the Union Leader!

April 11, 2012

Says McQuaid in a Union Leader editorial today: “Banning a personal income tax in New Hampshire by means of a constitutional amendment makes all the sense in the world — unless, of course, you like the idea of such a powerful and corrosive government confiscation of your money. With Democratic gubernatorial candidates once again refusing to [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

House Bill 1339: Union Leader Editorial Doesn’t Get It

February 23, 2012

“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.” —James Madison On Tuesday a Union Leader editorial called House Bill 1339, “preposterous”.  In the UL Editorial entitled, “Contract Hunting,”  The UL aptly describes why the bill is problematic. HB 1339, [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

League of Women Voters Now Hissing at Project Veritas Video

January 13, 2012

“Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.” —C. S. Forester The New Hampshire League of Women Voters call James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas video, “A Fraud.” The League has called for the prosecution of, “these out of state con-artists.” As Reported in today’s edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader.  Let the slash and burn begin, [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

ConservationNH And Their “Tree-huggin” Hippy Crap

January 9, 2012

“The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.” — P.J. O’Rourke The NH Union Leader’s Ted Seifert featured a story about ConservationNH.org and their inaugural release of the, “Dirty Dozen” list of bills currently [ Read more ]

Read the full article →

Hooksett Police Commission Flashback

November 19, 2011

The problems with the Hooksett New Hampshire Police Department have served as media fodder for years. A combative chief, a pointless middle management police commission unwilling to act, all culminating in a report that substantiates something I pointed out over two and one-half years ago.

Read the full article →

Union Leader Announces Subscriber Wall

November 14, 2011

Following in the footsteps of the other papers in New Hampshire the Union Leader is invoking the “hey it’s our news you should pay for it” clause. They will be erecting a subscriber wall sometime soon. (Merry Christmas!)

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries


Notice in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C., Section 107, some material on this web site is provided without permission from the copyright owner, only for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research under the "Fair Use" provisions of Federal copyright laws. These materials may not be distributed further, except for "Fair Use" non-profit educational purposes, without permission of the copyright owner.